Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Support Guidance for Equipment Recyclers

This information is for recycling facilities to ensure that Carestream Health products are handled in the most responsible manner at their end-of-life.

Digital Radiography

Digital Radiography products may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, glass in CRT (if provided), shielding for the x-ray generator, collimator, and bucky/grid, counterweights in the DR9000, batteries in table, universal power supply batteries, PVC sheathed wiring
• thallium and cesium iodide in detector
• mercury in a flat panel display
• PVC/PVDC in wiring
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
• selenium in detector / array
• laser

DIRECTVIEW & Point-of-Care CR

DIRECTVIEW & Point-of-Care CR products may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, cassette foil, glass in CRT, universal power supply batteries, PVC sheathed wiring
• mercury in flat panel displays and lamps
• PVC/PVDC in wiring
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
• arsenic in laser diodes
• barium in CR screens
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• laser

LS Film Digitizers

LS Film Digitizers may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards and glass in CRT (if supplied), PVC sheathed wiring
• PVC/PVDC in wiring insulation
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• laser

Mammography Computer Aided Design Scanner

Mammography Computer Aided Design Scanner may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards and glass in CRT (if supplied), universal power supply and PVC sheathed wiring
• PVC/PVDC in wiring insulation
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• mercury in flat panel displays and fluorescent lights

DRYVIEW, Color Medical Imager (CMI), and Medical Imager Manager (MIM)

DRYVIEW, Color Medical Imager (CMI), and Medical Imager Manager (MIM) (Digital Output). These may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, universal power supply, PVC sheathed wiring
• mercury in flat panel displays displays
• PVC/PVDC in wiring
• arsenic in laser diodes
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• laser

Processors, Multiloaders, Automixers, Autofeeders and ID Cameras, Cassettes and Related Accessories

Processors, Multiloaders, Automixers, Autofeeders and ID Cameras, cassettes and related accessories. These products may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, universal power supply, PVC sheathed wiring
  lead foil in cassettes
  mercury in flat panel displays
  PVC/PVDC in wiring and cable assemblies
  arsenic in laser diodes
  cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring
  chromium VI in hardware and steel
  laser

Dental Digital Camera Kits

Dental Digital Camera Kits may include:

• lead in circuit boards, PVC sheathed wiring
• mercury in backlight displays
• cadmium in photosensors, PVC sheathed wiring
• batteries
• PVC/PVDC in wiring

Dental Intraoral Cameras and X-Ray Systems and Accessories

Dental Intraoral Cameras and x-ray systems and accessories may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, universal power supply, PVC sheathed wiring
• lead foil in cassettes
• mercury in flat panel displays
• PVC/PVDC in wiring and cable assemblies
• arsenic in laser diodes
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring and photo sensor
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• laser
• batteries
• oil x-ray tube assemblies

Molecular Imaging Systems

Molecular Imaging Systems products may include:

• lead in printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, universal power supply, CRT (if supplied), coated lenses, PVC sheathed wiring
• mercury in flat panel displays and lamps
• beryllium in x-ray head
• PVC/PVDC in wiring and cable assemblies
• arsenic in laser diodes
• cadmium in PVC sheathed wiring and photo sensor
• chromium VI in hardware and steel
• laser
• batteries
• oil in x-ray tube assemblies